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Arnot Manderson Conference on Professional & Clinical Negligence
14th September 2009

Arnot Manderson Advocates will be holding their first Annual Conference, on the subject of professional and clinical negligence.  The Conference will be held at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, just off the High Street in Edinburgh on Monday 14th September.

The Conference will be chaired by Colin Tyre QC and will involve talks from six practitioners all of whom are highly experienced in this specialised area of litigation.  The programme is detailed below and attendance at the Conference counts for 5 hours CPD.  The cost of the Conference per delegate, including lunch, is £115, i.e. £100 plus VAT.

For further information or to book a place please contact Andrew Sutherland on 0131 260 5824 or andrewsutherland@arnotmanderson.co.uk.

Conference Programme

9:00am - 9:30am  Registration, Coffee & Welcome

9:30am - 11:00am  Laurence Murphy QC - "What exactly is your case? - Avoiding that Sinking Feeling!" followed by Gerry Hanretty QC - Professional Negligence and the Expert Witness"

11:00am - 11:30am Coffee

11:30am - 12:15pm  Neil Mackenzie, Advocate - "Causation: Have abstract metaphysical theories ousted common sense?"

12:15pm - 1:15pm  Lunch

1:15pm - 2:45pm  Andrew Young QC - "Loss of a Chance: when it's worth a bet" followed by Shona Haldane, Advocate - "What's it all worth? - Approaching damages"

2:45pm - 3:15pm  Coffee

3:15pm - 4:30pm  Colin MacAulay QC - "The Hunter v Hanley Test" followed by Colin Tyre QC - Question and Answer Session and Summing Up

 

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